Improvement in skates



aient @Wire CHARLES T. DAY, OF NEWARI{,'NEW JERSEY.

Letters Patent N 101,108, dated March 22, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN SKATES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame Figure 1, ofthe drawings, is a representation of my invention, asapplied tothe shoe.

Figure 2 is a bottom view of the skate.

Figures 3 and 4 are details.

My invention relates to skates, and consists mainly in the constructionand novel arrangement of the clamping device, whereby the foot-plate isattached .to the sole of the shoe, in skates of the style known astheNew York club skate. l

lhe letter A, of the drawings, designates the runner of such a skate.

B, the metal foot-plate.

K, D, the heel-stud, adapted to secure the skate, by its insertion intoa suitable socket, in a plate secured to the heel of the boot.

E E represent my foot-clamps, corrugated or toothed at c, and providedwith the slots a a, whereby they are secured to the studs II I-I of thefoot-plate.

Flanehes fmv m. are formed on the inner ends of the clamps E E, andextend somewhat to one side, in such a manner that the screw F, wherebythey are connected, may be placed as closely as possible to thefoot-plate.

rlhe operating-screw F is provided with double threads, c c, divergingfrom each other, and thus dispensing with a collar. Sometimes asingle-thread screw and collar may be employed.

lhe slots a, a are parallel to each other and to the lscrew 11", whichis arranged obliquely to the skaterunner, as shown.

`The advantages of my oblique clamps are many and practical. rlhe screwheilig placed to one side et' the stud H, the slot may be made long,thereby allowing the clamps to be spread wide apart.

The screw F not heilig over the studs can be placed close to thefoot-plate, and will thcre`ore not 'be liable to catch in the ,ice whenthe skate is inclined. rlhe screw is also thrown around in a positionmore convenient for using the key.-

Lateral motion of the foot upon the foot-plate is prevented by the firmbearing of the oblique slots against the studs, thereby keeping theclamps from sliding from side to side under the foot-plate.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

'Ihe skate-clamps E E, provided with the eccentrical nuts on m, andarranged to move to and from each other, in parallel directions, obliqueto the runner of the skate, and operated by the oblique screw F, in themanner and for the purposes herein shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES T. DAY. Vitnesses:

Geo. M. Dawes, RALPH Il. lmsen.

